Kessingland, Suffolk

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Kessingland is a village in Suffolk

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Kessingland within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Kessingland in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Kessingland, coast par. and vil., Suffolk, 4½ miles SW. of Lowestoft, 1691 ac. (40 water), pop. 1228; P.O., T.O.; on cliff, at NE. side of Kessingland fish houses, is a fixed light (Kessingland or Pakefield Gat), 68 ft. above high water, and seen 9 miles.

Kessingland in the Domesday Book

A village in Lothing hundred, in the county of Suffolk.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

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